Georgia Tech never trailed as it cruised to its second victory in as many games.

Miami, meanwhile, went to overtime against a likely midpack team from a one-bid league for the second time in four nights.

But the ACC had its first day without absorbing a loss this season, so that has to count for something, right? (OK, not much).

Here are a few observations from Monday’s two games.

There isn’t too much instructive to take from Georgia Tech’s 68-50 defeat of Delaware State. The Yellow Jackets (2-0) jumped to a 19-5 lead and never trailed in a game in which it had just 62 possessions. Imposing that sort of pace is what the Hornets (1-1) have done for years against superior foes. Even comfortable victories against Delaware State aren’t the most enjoying things to endure.

Nonetheless, Georgia Tech got 16 points from Tennessee transfer Trae Golden, and that’s important because the Yellow Jackets struggled to get scoring from their backcourt (or anywhere, really) last season. And that, maybe more than his distribution skills, is why Georgia Tech has to be giddy the NCAA granted Golden immediate eligibility last month.

If swingman Marcus Georges-Hunt is counted as a guard, Georgia Tech got a 16-point day from its backcourt in 10 of its 31 games last season. Take the 6-foot-5, 219-pound Georges-Hunt out (and it is reasonable since the Yellow Jackets often list him as a forward in box scores) and that total is cut to five.

Golden is a credible source of offense at the point, and that’s going to help Georgia Tech a bunch later in the season.

Miami (1-1) edged Georgia Southern 81-80 after freshman guard Manu Lecomte made two free throws with 9 seconds left in overtime. This came after the Hurricanes lost in overtime to St. Francis Brooklyn on Friday.

Engaging in five-minute coinflips against decidedly non-brand name opponents can’t be a comforting thing for Miami, but it knew things wouldn’t be easy after nearly its entire rotation departed from last year’s conference champions. If there’s one thing that could smooth things out a bit, it would be improved shooting from the Hurricanes’ veteran guards.

In the opener, starting guards Garrius Adams and Rion Brown combined to shoot 7-for-28 from the floor. Against Georgia Southern, that figure was 5-for-21.

Also sobering for Miami: Coach Jim Larranaga used only eight players in his latest OT adventure, and both Brown (43.5) and Adams (41.0) are averaging more than 40 minutes a game (on a very small sample size). The Hurricanes are going to miss the minutes freshman Deandre Burnett would have provided, not to mention his scoring. Burnett was lost for the season last week with a wrist injury.